Sash or shutter operating and fastening device.



H. E. HARBAUGH.

sAsH 0R SHUTTBR OPERATING AND FASTBNING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 25,1014.

1,1 1 3,834.- Patend oon. 13, 1914.

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' HOWARD E. HARBAUGI-I, OF K'ENOSI-IA, WISCONSIN.

SASH OR SHUTTER OPERATING AND FASTENING- DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application led May 25, 1914. Serial N o. 840,704.

Patented Oct. 13, 1914.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that 1, HOWARD E. HAR- BAUGH, a citizen of the United States, re-

siding at Kenosha, in the county of Kenosha and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sash or Shutter Operating and Fastening Devices, of which the following is a specification.

AThis invention relates to operating and fastening devices designed primarily for use in connection with window sash or shutters of that type wherein the sash or shutter is hinged on a vertical axis to open outwardly of the window opening.

The general object of the invention is to provide a simplified and improved device of this character, and one which shall be capable of operation by a combined lifting and swinging movement of a single handle or like manually-operated actuating means.'

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following description of the invention and its mode of manipulation and use, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specication, and in which,-

Figure 1 is a horizontal section through a portion of a window frame and sash, showing my improvement applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a fragmentary elevation from the inner side of the window. Fig. 3 is a sectional detail on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a sectional detail on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary top plan View showing the pivoted fulcrum member and a portion of the operating lever rotatably mounted therein on an axis at right angles to the pivot axis of the fulcrum member. Fig. 6 is a perspectiveelevation of the cover piece or cap of the fulcrum member.

Referring to the drawings, 10 designates the sill, and 11 one of the vertical side frames of the window-jamb.

12 designates the window sash, pivotally mounted at the outer side of the jamb-frame member 11 on vertical hinges 13, after the fashion of easement windows, so as to swing outwardly, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, and 14 designates the usual glazing carried by the sash 12.

15 designates a screen-sashslidably mounted on theinner side of the window-sash in suitable ways or grooves 16, the use of such screen-sash being entirely optional so far as the present invention is concerned, but being herein illustrated because commonly employed in connection with windows of the type illustrated. i

Secured-to the lower portion of the inner side of the window-sash frame 12 is a horizontal stop-bar which comprises an intermediate body portion 17 (Fig. 3) attached to the sash-bar by screws 18, a lower channel portion 19 in which are formed a plurality of uniformly-spaced holes 20, and an upper, overhanging, confining rib or ledge 21. Secured to the sill 10, by screws 22, is a round disk or plate 23, on which is rotatably mounted, on a vertical pivot stud 24, a hollow or cup-shaped fulcrum-block 25; the pivot stud 24 being preferably headed so as to secure the fulcrumed block 25 on the base-plate 23, and the bottom member of the fulcrum block being apertured, as indicated in Fig. 5, to permitfthe` passage therethrough of the fastening screws 22. Journaled in the fulcrum block 25 on a horizontal axis is an operating lever comprising, on one side o-f said fulcrum block, a laterally bent arm 26, and', on the other side of the fulcrum member, a laterally bent handle 27, which latter,- for convenience in assembling, is preferably united to the journal shank of the arm 26 by a screw-threaded joint 28 (Fig. 4) keyed against turning movement by a pin 29. It will be observed, by reference to Fig. l, that the arm 26 and the handle 27 of the operating lever extend horizontally at an angle to the axis of rotation of the lever and on the same side of said axis of rotation with reference to a vertical plane determined by the horizontal axis of the-lever and the vertical axis of the fulcrum block. The stop-bar engagingend of the arm 26 is somewhat widened and flattened, and in the same is secured a double-ended, tapered stud 30, the depending end of which slidably engages the channel 19 of the stop-bar when'said arm is raised `suiiiciently to disengage said stud from the holes 20. -At suchtime, the rising movement of the arm 26 is limited by the engagement of its extreme outer end with the confining rib 21 of thestop-bar, so'as to prevent disengagement of the arm from the stop-bar under suchV rising movement.

31 designates a cover piece or cap that fits within the hollow fulcrum-block 25, the same being slotted, as shown at 32, to straddle the shank portion of the operating arm tion indicated in full lines in Figs. 1 and 2,

to open the same the operator merely grasps the handle' 27, raises it suiciently to disengage the stud 30 from the extreme left-hand hole of the stop bar, and then swings the handle 27 to the left until the sash is opened to the desired extent, and then allows the handle to drop, when the stud 30 is in register with one of the intermediate holes or the extreme right-hand hole of the stop-bar. By reason of its tapered form, the stud 30 engages the hole 20 with a comparatively tight lit, thereby locking the sash in open position and holding it securely against rattling. When the sash is to be closed, this is effected by the simple reverse of these operations in an obvious manner. By equipping the operating lever with the double-ended y locking stud, the device is equally adapted for use -With a sash that opens to the right or to the left;the -operating lever when used for either being, obviously, simply inverted relatively to its position when used for the other. Where the screen sash 15 is used, the lower, horizontal frame-member of said sash is mortised out, as shown at 33 in Fig. 2, to lit snugly over the fulcrum-block.

Without limiting myself to the precise details of construction shown and described,

I claim:

l. In a sash operating and locking mechanism, the combination of a stop-bar adapted to be attached to a hinged sash, a pivoted arm-supporting member, and an operating arm rotatably mounted in said arm-supporting member on an axis approximately at right angles to the pivot axis of the latter, said arm at one end slidably engaging said stop-bar, and said arm and stop-bar being provided with coperating means for secur` `ing them against relative sliding movement' at intervals lengthwise of said stop-bar.

2. In a sash operating and locking mechanism', the combination of a stop-bar adapted to be attached to a hinged sash, an operating lever, and means for supporting said lever with capacity for both vertical and horizontal swinging movement, said lever having an arm slidably engaging said stop-bar and a handle on the opposite side of said supporting means from said arm, and said arm and stop-bar being provided with coperating.

means for securing them .against relative sliding movement at intervals lengthwise of said stop-bar.

3. In a sash operating and locking mechanism, the combination of a stop-bar adapted to be attached to a hinged sash, a pivoted fulcrum` member; and an operating lever rotatably mounted in said fulcrum member on an axis at right angles to the pivot axis -of the latter, said lever having anarm slidably engaging said stop-bar and a handle,

and said arm and stop-bar being provided with cooperating means for securing them against relative sliding movement at intervals llengthwise of said stop-bar. l

4. In a sash operating and locking mechanism, the combination of a stop-bar adapted to be attached to a hinged sash, a pivoted fulcrum member, and an operating lever rotatably mounted in said fulcrum member on an axis at-right angles to the pivot axis of the latter, said lever having an arm extending at an angle to its axis of rotation and at its free end slidably engaging said stop-bar and a handle also extending at an angle to its axis of rotation and on the same side of the latter with reference to the common plane of said axes, said arm and stop-bar being provided with cooperating means for securing them against relative sliding move- 1ronent at intervals lengthwise of said stop- 5. In a sash operating and locking mechanism, the combination of a stop-bar adapted to be attached to a hinged sash and having a channel portion formed with a plurality ofl holes spaced lengthwise thereof and an overhanging confining member, an operating arm carrying at its free end a stud slidably engaging the channel portion of said stop-bar and adapted to engage any of said holes, and'means for supporting said arm with capacity for both vertical and horizontal swinging movement, the free end of said arm when raised to disengagesaid stud from said holes engaging said confining' member and being then slidable lengthwise of said stop-bar to a new position of adjustment. A

6. In a sash operating and locking mechanism, the combination of a stop-bar adapted to be attachedto a hinged sash, a bent operating lever having an arm provided at its free end with means for slidably and lockingly engaging said stop-bar-in either of two relatively reversed positions of said lever, and a handle, and means for supporting said lever with capacity for both vertical and horizontal swinging movement.

7. In a sash operating and locking mechanism, the combination of a stop-bar adapted to be attached to a hinged sash and having a channel portion provided with a plurality of holes spaced lengthwise thereof, a bent operating lever having an arm engaging said stop-bar and a handle, means for supporting said lever between said arm and handle with capacity for both vertical and horizontal swinging movement, and locking studs on` free end of said arm for engagement with the channel portion and holes of Said stop.

bar whereby said operating lever is adapted to serve either a right or a left opening sash.

8. In a sash operating and locking mechanism, the combination of a stop-bar adapted to be attached to a hinged sash and having a plurality of spaced holes therein, an operating 10 arm mounted with capacity for both vertical and horizontal swinging movement and slidablytengaging said stop-bar, and a tapered pin in the stop-bar-engagin end of said arm adapted to have a tight t in said holes whereby to prevent rattling.

HOWARD E. HARBAUGH.

Witnesses:

IRA J. WILSON, A. G. LATIMER. 

